Track-structure codes in radiation research

H Nikjoo, S Uehara, D Emfietzoglou… - Radiation …, 2006 - Elsevier
Monte Carlo track-structure simulation provides a near accurate description of the passage
of charge particle in water as a surrogate for biological tissue. Radiation transport codes and …

Advancements in secondary and backscattered electron energy spectra and yields analysis: From theory to applications

S Taioli, M Dapor - Surface Science Reports, 2024 - Elsevier
Over the past decade, experimental microscopy and spectroscopy have made significant
progress in the study of the morphological, optical, electronic and transport properties of …

Dielectric description of wakes and stopping powers in solids

I Abril, R Garcia-Molina, CD Denton, FJ Pérez-Pérez… - Physical Review A, 1998 - APS
The dielectric description of the dynamical potential induced by swift protons in solids and
the related stopping power is analyzed, using a combination of Mermin-type dielectric …

Calculated energy loss of swift He, Li, B, and N ions in , , and

S Heredia-Avalos, R Garcia-Molina… - Physical Review A …, 2005 - APS
We have calculated the electronic stopping power and the energy-loss straggling parameter
of swift He, Li, B, and N ions moving through several oxides, namely Si O 2, Al 2 O 3, and Zr …

Extended Mermin method for calculating the electron inelastic mean free path

B Da, H Shinotsuka, H Yoshikawa, ZJ Ding… - Physical Review Letters, 2014 - APS
We propose an improved method for calculating electron inelastic mean free paths (IMFPs)
in solids from experimental energy-loss functions based on the Mermin dielectric function …

A dielectric response study of the electronic stopping power of liquid water for energetic protons and a new I-value for water

D Emfietzoglou, R Garcia-Molina… - Physics in Medicine …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
The electronic stopping power of liquid water for protons over the 50 keV to 10 MeV energy
range is studied using an improved dielectric response model which is in good agreement …

Evaluation of dielectric function models for calculation of electron inelastic mean free path

B Da, X Liu, LH Yang, JM Gong, ZJ Ding… - Journal of Applied …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
This work investigates the detailed difference between dielectric function models, the
Mermin model and the full Penn algorithm (FPA) model, for the determination of an electron …

Energy loss of hydrogen-and helium-ion beams in DNA: calculations based on a realistic energy-loss function of the target

I Abril, R Garcia-Molina, CD Denton… - Radiation …, 2011 - meridian.allenpress.com
We have calculated the electronic energy loss of proton and α-particle beams in dry DNA
using the dielectric formalism. The electronic response of DNA is described by the MELF …

Energy deposition around swift carbon-ion tracks in liquid water

P de Vera, S Taioli, PE Trevisanutto, M Dapor… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Energetic carbon ions are promising projectiles used for cancer radiotherapy. A thorough
knowledge of how the energy of these ions is deposited in biological media (mainly …

Inelastic scattering of electron and light ion beams in organic polymers

P de Vera, I Abril, R Garcia-Molina - Journal of Applied Physics, 2011 - pubs.aip.org
We have calculated the inelastic mean free path, stopping power, and energy-loss
straggling of swift electron, proton, and α-particle beams in a broad incident energy range in …